Enforcing the type of the indexed members of a Typescript object?

Question

I would like to store a mapping of string -> string in a Typescript object, and enforce that all of the keys map to strings. For example:

var stuff = {};
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Answer 1

Define interface

interface Settings {
  lang: 'en' | 'da';
  welcome: boolean;
}

Enforce key to be a specific key of Settings interface

private setSettings(key: keyof Settings, value: any) {
   // Update settings key
}

Answer 2

var stuff: { [key: string]: string; } = {};
stuff['a'] = ''; // ok
stuff['a'] = 4;  // error

// ... or, if you're using this a lot and don't want to type so much ...
interface StringMap { [key: string]: string; }
var stuff2: StringMap = { };
// same as above